Overview

Realize Capital Partners is one of three fund-of-fund managers selected by the Government of Canada for its Social Finance Fund (SFF). Realize Capital Partners is a joint venture between Rally Assets and Relay Ventures. The Social Finance Fund (SFF) is a Government of Canada initiative to strengthen social purpose organizations and accelerate the growth of Canada’s social finance market. The investment initiative will support charities, nonprofits, social enterprises, cooperatives, companies and other social purpose organizations to access flexible financing opportunities from social finance investors (fund managers and product issuers). Greater access to social finance will help organizations grow, innovate and enhance their social and environmental impacts. As a fund-of-funds manager, we’re building a fund, Realize Fund I, to invest in positively impactful initiatives that accelerate social equity in Canada. We are focused on initiatives intentionally reaching historically marginalized groups of people and underserved regions in Canada to deliver equity and sustainable development. Realize Fund I is being seeded by $135 million of repayable capital from the Government of Canada over the next five years, and we are targeting a private raise of $270 million for a target fund size of $405 million. We look forward to bringing this opportunity to private investors soon. In addition to Realize Fund I, we will be undertaking market-building activities in two key ways: by helping to develop an impact data standard and by supporting new fund managers.